• Liberia Radio Project  – There’s a new sound in Webbo, Southern Liberia where, thanks to the support of Alert, Peace Radio started broadcasting just two weeks ago. A totally community-run, solar-powered station broadcasting 50 miles in every direction, Peace Radio is one of a series of stations Alert is helping to establish across remote rural Liberia, allowing people to tune in to local language discussions, news, and music. Each station will become self-sufficent, generating advertising income from local business and INGOs keen to bring their messages to the grassroots. The stations should help to engage ordinary people in the development of their economy and political landscape like never before. To learn more about our work in Liberia and the rest of West Africa, click here.
  
• Emmanuel Jal – Alert has been working to tackle the problem of small arms for a number of years, and to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace, we hosted an evening at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton where we screened a new documentary about the global arms trade followed by a discussion with the director and Emmanuel Jal. A former child soldier turned hip-hop star, Emmanuel also perfromed music from his latest album. To read more about the event, our work on small arms, and the story of Emmanuel Jal, click here.
  
• War, Peace and the British Public – In addition, International Alert marked the UN Day of Peace by commissioning YouGov to investigate the attitudes of the British public to peacebuilding and conflict. With almost three-quarters of respondents believing the world is a more dangerous place than it was 50 years ago, the results show a large descrepancy between reality and perception. For a break-down of all the results click here.

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What's coming up in the next couple of months with Alert:

• The State of the Middle East book launch – The ongoing violence and suffering in the Middle East can seem impossible to understand. A conflict that, relatively speaking, receives a lot of media coverage is also one of the most difficult to penetrate or comprehend. The State of the Middle East, written by Alert's Secretary General, aims to explain the region's history, politics, and culture through easy to understand maps, diagrams and graphics. The book, published by Earthscan, will be launched at Waterstones in London on the 17th October. To find out how to attend the launch, click here.
• Peaceworkers UK Training – Our training sessions will give participants an insight into the field of peace work and some of the basic key skills needed to build a career in the sector. For more information on our courses running in October and November, click here.
• 19th October: PeaceTalks - Is peace possible? – FULLY BOOKED – A discussion looking at the recent developments in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. What can the successes and failures of peace processes around the world teach us about building sustainable peace? Our chair, Jon Snow from Channel 4 News, is joined by Martin Woollacott, Dan Smith, and Isabel Hilton. Venue: Ismaili Centre, London. NB: Although this event is fully booked, you can add your name to a waiting list by emailing your details to communications@international-alert.org

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New reports from International Alert:

• Local Business Local Peace – This significant study, looking at the positive impacts the local private sector can have on a  violent conflict, was launched in September and is now available as an Executive Summery in Spanish. The Nepal case study is now available in Nepali, and the Sri Lanka case studies are now available in Sinhala and Tamil.
  
  To download the Spanish language Executive Summary, click here.
  To download the Nepal business case studies in Nepali, click here.
  To download the Sri Lanka case study in Sinhala, click here
  To download the Sri Lanka case study in Tamil, click here
  For more information on the Local Business Local Peace report, click here

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